Nice. I'm glad I don't have to be at work as early as you do. Most days I'm not out the door until 8:30 or so.

Hope you're liking your LHT. After a comedy of errors, I think my LHT frame should finally be in this week. Won't be able to build it up until next weekend (leaving this Friday night for a week out of town), but I've penciled in 3/21 as my first LHT commute day.

For commuting I find wind to be a big factor on my 17 mile commute. I've done it in as little as 1:05, typically it takes 1:15 to get to work. The prevailing wind is behind me in the morning. That means the ride home in the afternoon takes more like 1:30, sometimes a little longer if the winds are strong. I know several people who commute on LHTs; they are well suited to the job and very comfortable. (I have a faux LHT- an old hybrid I've put a Brooks on and drop bars with bar-end shifters.)

I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.

Originally Posted by bragi"However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."

Wind is pretty huge. I was crawling along Saturday morning on a ride for the first couple miles going almsot right into the wind. It was cold too. =P Wind can really slow me down on my commute even though its pretty short so it doesn't matter mroe than a couple minutes.

I am considering creating a 26" wheel faux LHT of my own as a project, but I haven't decided if I have the right frame in my stash to do it plus other considerations.

Wind usually abuses me but I did a good pull on my club's breakfast ride Saturday, doing about 18 mph into a 20 mph headwind. My legs were rubber when I was done. (I usually ride with the mid group, but there were only four of us Saturday due to chilly temps and stiff wind.)

I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.

Originally Posted by bragi"However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."

I'm taking today off and have to go out of town after work on Wednesday so I'll be pushing pedals again on Thursday.

On Monday nights at 7:00 I play piano for this group of people. Yesterday I had a lot of headwind and was running late, so I was pushing pretty hard. Towards the end of that route, I had to climb up this big old hill on the street where my appointment was.I was in the granniest gear I could find on my bike and was still hurting, but I made it.